The ten fighters still standing looked around at each other, sizing everyone else up. Currently, the only real alliance was with Heavy D! and Ryoko, and most people didn’t even know the reason behind the team-up due to not knowing what had happened the year before. Suddenly hearing loud cheering, the remaining fighters looked up towards the entrance curtain as the next fighter made his entrance.
“KIM KAPHWAN!” (KOF)
The psychotic soldier of justice stood outside the entrance curtain, hands on his hips and flashing his trademark grin. Kim rushed down to the ring and jumped in headfirst, running over to Heavy D!.
The black boxer sighed as Kim came running over. “You want something, Kim?” He asked.
“I have been impressed with your abilities thus far, D!.” Kim nodded. “Perhaps we should team up and smite all evil in the name of justice!”
Heavy D! stood in silence, grabbed Kim by the head and spiked him into the ground before walking off.
“So…Why didn’t we get his help in stopping Bison’s plot last year?” Ryoko asked.
“We wanted to defeat the villains. Not kill them.” Heavy D! replied.
“ANAKARIS!” (DS)
With ‘Walk Like and Egyptian’ playing through the speakers, the mummy of Darkstalkers walked down to the ring and jumped in, almost floating in the air as he did so.
Landing on the canvas, Anakaris was suddenly aware that he was the only one from his node in the ring. “Seems like I’ll have to wait for the next section and see whom I get helping me.” He said.
Setting his sights on someone he thought he could team up with, Anakaris walked over and looked down at the person. “Greetings, mortal.” He said.
Luigi whimpered as he looked up at the towering form of Anakaris before screaming and running away.
“Why do they always run?” Anakaris pondered.
“BORUS REDRUM!” (S3)
(I don’t know if it’s necessarily…(The things you do…))
(Maybe the things you say or maybe just they way you say it.)
(It’s true you sing a pretty song indeed…(In a new way…))
(You said some things to me, but I’m not sure if you really mean it.)
(Do you realize what you have done?)
(Do you think we have a problem?)
The Swordsman of Rage came out from behind the curtain to (much to his dismay) “You Make Me Mad” by Third Day. Glaring up at the Sound Booth, he saw the three friends doubling over in laughter (Aila had returned sometime during the last section).
(You make me dance, you make me cry, you make me laugh!)
(You make me shout, you make me smile, you make me mad!)
(You make me sing, you make me think, you make me sad!)
(You make me fall, you make me love, you make me mad!)
Borus growled as he stomped down to the ring, pulling out his sword, storming over to King Lion. “I need a fight to calm my nerves!” He instructed.
“What’s your problem?” King Lion asked.
“This is the second year those chumps in the Sound Booth changed my entrance tune and I bet that Karayan brat was responsible.” Borus replied hotly.
“And now, Mystery Fighter…Number…Twenty-Three!”
“HOL HORSE!” (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)
Spinning his gun in his hand and holding a cigarette in his mouth, Hol Horse walked down to the ring with a smirk plastered on his face.
“It’s been a while since I’ve been back in action.” Hol Horse noted. “And it doesn’t look like there are any big threats in the ring right now. I just need to stay clear of the mummy and I should be alright.”
Hol Horse walked forward a couple of feet before Sodom slid in from the side, coming to a halt in front of the cowboy.
The cowboy gave a chuckle. “Please. I’m not in the mood for a circus act.” He said as he pulled out his pistol and trained in on Sodom’s head.
Narrowing his eyes behind his mask, Sodom pulled out his sai. “Bringing guns to a tournament like this. Even with non-lethal ammunition, that is completely dishonorable!” Striking a pose, the American shogun readied himself. “Prepare yourself!”
“O’CHUNKS!” (PM)
O’Chunks took a very sudden interest in his feet as he walked down to the ring. He didn’t like what he was going to do, but he valued Nastasia’s life far more than his honor. If he didn’t do what Bison told him, they could kill Nastasia.
Unfortunately, O’Chunks was unaware that Nastasia had already been rescued or that Mimi was now the prisoner in Bison’s care. O’Chunks entered the ring and looked around. Seeing Heavy D!, the bearded warrior cracked his knuckles and made his way over.
“Are ye Heavy D!, lad?” O’Chunks asked, standing taller than the already-tall boxer by at least one foot.
“Uh…Yeah?” Heavy D! uneasily replied.
“Aye have orders to take ye out, then.” O’Chunks said as he got into a stance.
“Hey! Leave D!-san alone, you brute!” Ryoko shouted.
“ANJI MITO!” (GG)
Coming out to a decent-sized cheer, Anji came out from behind the curtain and made his way down, readying his fans for attack.
“Too bad Baiken doesn’t come out for a bit.” Anji sighed. “I don’t know if I can survive until she enters.”A smirk floated across his face. “Won’t stop me from trying, though.”
With that, Anji raced over to Metaknight and lashed out with one of his fans. Metaknight easily blocked the attack and looked at the weapon that Anji had tried to attack him with.
“Fans?” Metaknight asked. “You just tried to attack me with fans?”
“TAM TAM!” (SS)
Letting out a savage battle cry and waving his sword in the air, Tam Tam ran down to the ring and jumped in, landing on the canvas with a loud thud. Getting into a standing position, Tam Tam looked around before setting his sights on Anakaris.
The mummy turned his head in time to see Tam Tam stampeding over. Anakaris turned completely and shoved his foot into the canvas, causing it to shoot up from the canvas several feet away, nailing the oncoming savage in the head.
Tam Tam staggered backwards, but thankfully, his mask had absorbed most of the attack. “You hurt Tam Tam!” He shouted. “Tam Tam no like that!”
“Who in the world talks like that?” Anakaris asked.
(Hotel; Lobby)
Tiny suddenly sneezed, falling onto his back.
“Are you okay?” Ky asked.
“Uh…Yeah. Tiny good.” Tiny nodded as he got to his feet.
“So you’re saying that those villains might be after these shards?” Blue Mary asked the two Mickeys.
“Yeah. King Lion mentioned something about Bison being after a large gem.” Mickey McFist replied.
“Sounds like the Master Emerald to me.” Cream pointed out. “Can I see that gem you found, Mickey?”
Mickey Rogers nodded. “Sure thing, kid.” He said as he handed the shard to the young rabbit. Cream held the gem shard up to the one that she already had and in a flash of light the two shards had combined to form a larger shard.
“Mr. Knuckles is probably looking for the rest of the shards.” Cream explained.
“But what would Bison want with the gem to begin with?” Koopinator asked.
“The Master Emerald holds untold power in it.” The young rabbit replied. “If Bison and the rest of the villains get their hands on all of the shards, all of the power will be at their disposal.”
“I’ll just be takin’ that shard then, mate.”
Everyone turned to see the Australian thug Kano walking over, a smug smirk on his face. “Now just hand over the shard, kid.” He said as he walked towards Cream. “Ah don’t wanna hurt a kid.”
Cream did what she should have and clutched onto the shard, hoping to protect it. “Get away, meanie!” She said.
“You realize that we outnumber you greatly?” Brian asked Kano.
“Yeah! We could gang up on you and take you down in no time flat!” Rawk Hawk agreed.
“Maybe he already has some gem shards on him.” J. Maxx suggested. “Why don’t we find out?”
Kano chuckled and fired a laser bolt from his cybernetic eye, striking Rawk Hawk in the chest. The yellow bird flew backwards and hit the wall.
“If you’re confident in your abilities, then just send one of ya to fight me.” Kano pointed out. “Maybe Ah have some shards, but maybe Ah don’t. Ya don’t know until ya fight me.”
“I’ll take you, mon.” Dee Jay said, stepping forward.
“Careful, Dee Jay.” Blue Mary said. “This guy has a record as long as my arm and knows every dirty trick in the book.”
The Jamaican man smirked. “That just makes it more interesting.”
“Put up yer dukes, mate!” Kano shouted.
“Gladly, mon.”
(The Arena)
“BROCKEN!” (WH)
Coming out to a mixed reaction, the German robot emerged from the curtain and strode down to the end of the ramp, using his leg jets to hover into the ring.
“You want to go double-team with your nodal companion, Ryoko?” Heavy D! asked as he blocked a punch from O’Chunks.
“Team up with Brocken? No way.” Ryoko asked. “If I was given the choice between him and Fuuma, then maybe.”
In the meantime, Brocken walked over to Luigi with hopes of getting a fight from him. The green-clad plumber looked the robot up and down for a few seconds. “Seems harmless enough.” He shrugged.
“I require a fight.” Brocken said. “Can you satisfy?”
“Sure. It’ll keep that creepy mummy off my back.” Luigi shrugged.
“KIRBY!” (SSB)
With the theme song from his anime blaring through the speakers, the ball of pink skipped down to the ring before puffing up and floating over the ropes to land on the canvas.
“Perfect. There’s Kirby.” Metaknight noted as he slashed at Anji. “Looks like I’ll have to wait for our duel for a second, though.”
Chun-Li felt a tap on her leg and when she looked down, she saw Kirby experimentally poking her. Grinning, Kirby pulled a salt shaker from behind his back and shook it over Chun-Li’s foot.
“Um…What are you doing?” Chun-Li asked.
Her question was answered when Kirby opened his mouth and sucked Chun-Li inside. The next thing Chun-Li knew, she was back on the canvas. Looking at Kirby, she saw that the ball of pink now had hair buns like hers and was wearing spiked bracelets on his stubby arms.
“Um…What?” Chun-Li asked.
“Keekoken!” Kirby shouted, lashing Chun-Li’s trademark fireball at her. The surprised woman took the attack to the stomach and flew backwards.
“STUN!” (BR)
Cracking his knuckles, the enhanced warrior rushed down to the ring, instantly setting his sights on Anakaris and Tam Tam. Leaping into the arena, Stun landed on his feet before rushing headfirst at the fighting duo, engulfing himself in a white light.
A horn ran right through Anakaris’ body (thankfully there wasn’t anything inside Anakaris’ wrappings to feel it), taking both the mummy and Tam Tam by surprise. On further inspection, they saw that Stun had transformed into a blue rhino beetle.
“Man become big creature.” Tam Tam pointed out. “This make fight much interesting.”
As Tam Tam leapt at the transformed Stun, Anakaris stepped back, having heard that Stun was a super-soldier and didn’t want to get involved.
“K’!” (KOF)
The white-haired man came out from behind the curtain, in a surprisingly good mood. He figured that it had something to do with how good he felt after setting Joe Higashi on fire earlier in the night.
K’ reached the end of the ramp and stepped in. He looked around, seeing if he could find someone to fight. Most KOF representatives would have gone to team up with Heavy D! or Kim Kaphwan, but K’ was only in the tournament for fun. The only people he would consider double-teaming with were Maxima, Kula and Whip, and the latter two had already been eliminated.
“Seems like I have to wait for Maxima.” K’ noted as he snapped his fingers, creating a flame in his hand.
Hol Horse saw this and wandered over, pulling out his dead cigarette. “Um…Can I trouble you for a light?” He asked.
K’ looked at Hol Horse, shrugged and lit the cowboy’s cigarette for him.
“Thanks a bunch.” Hol Horse said as he put the cigarette back in his mouth.
“And now, Mystery Fighter…Number…Twenty-Four!”
“HELL’S CHEF!” (Gregory Horror Show)
Everyone watched as a black-faced candle dressed like a chef wandered down to the ring, the top of his head lit up with a small flame. The chef made it down to the ring and wandered over to his target.
“No smoking…” A harsh voice emerged from the blackness of Chef’s face and directed at Hol Horse.
The cowboy smirked and looked at the large candle. “Well, isn’t this cute?” He asked. “A candle dressed like a chef that is trying to promote kids not smoking.” Taking a large puff of his cigarette, he blew the smoke directly into Chef’s face. “What do you think of that?” Hol Horse taunted, not realizing that K’ and Sodom were both long gone.
Two glowing red eyes opened from within the blackness of Chef’s face. “I HATE SMOKING!!!!!” He roared, pulling a giant cleaver into the air.
Hol Horse’s face fell. He screamed like a little girl and ran away, Hell’s Chef hot on his heels.
“FRED MAXIMILLION!” (S3)
“Well, I guess that saves me having to go after the evil cowboy myself.” Fred scratched his head as he walked down to the ring, pulling out his sword and shield.
Landing in the ring, Fred saw Kim Kaphwan and went over. “I say! It’s good to see another freedom fighter in this tournament!” The leader of the Maximillion Knights greeted.
“Ah! Likewise! Fighting for the common good is truly a great goal!” Kim nodded. “It’s just too bad that no one seems to appreciate my efforts…”
“What can you do?” Fred asked. “Evil does not go down so easily.”
“All the more a reason to fight it.” Kim said determinedly, clenching his fist.
K’ saw this and sighed. “Just what we need. Another Kim.”
(Gregory House)
Thomas screamed as he flew down a hallway of the insane hotel, a pink lizard in a nurse’s outfit following him.
“Please don’t resist it!” Catharine pleaded. “I just need to take a blood test!”
“That needle’s as long as I am tall is at least ten times thicker than it’s supposed to be!” Thomas replied. “I think I’ll just keep running!”
“A good idea, lad.” A voice beside Thomas said. The dark-haired boy turned and saw Gregory, a middle-aged mouse, running with him. “Catharine’s obsessed with taking blood samples. Maybe if I can get her to focus her attention on Mummy Dog and Mummy Papa, she’ll leave you alone.”
“Any help would be appreciated!” Thomas nodded as he ran towards the stairs.
Gregory’s eyes widened. “No! Boy, don’t go upstairs!” He begged. “Not even Hell’s Chef dares go up there!”
Thomas didn’t listen and ran upstairs to the upper floor. Reaching the top of the stairs, Thomas suddenly realized how quiet it was. Suddenly hearing some soft crying, Thomas looked around and saw a little girl sitting by a door, sobbing.
“Um…What’s wrong?” The good-natured Thomas asked.
“Where’s my doll?” The girl cried. “Someone took my doll.” The girl looked up at Thomas. “Did you take my doll?”
“N-No! I just got here!” Thomas insisted.
“Give it back…Give it back…” The girl sobbed just before her head turned around, revealing a demonic blue face. “GIVE IT BACK!!!” Lost Doll roared.
Thomas screamed and ran back downstairs, finding the first door he could find and going inside the room, closing the door behind him.
“Finally…I lost them…” Thomas panted. “I’ll be safe here…”
“Do you know my name?...” A voice sang. “They call me Judgment Boy…”
Thomas whimpered as he slowly turned around just in time for an orange scale-like creature hanging from the ceiling to drop down in front of him.
“JUDGMENT!!!” Judgment Boy said in glee.
Thomas screamed as he fled the room, deciding to take his chances with the rest of the hotel.
Meanwhile, Gregory sighed and shook his head. “It’s a good thing he’s only here for ten minutes. I’d hate to think of what he’d become if he was a permanent resident.” He said before giving a high-pitched, evil-sounding chuckle.
(The Arena)
“CAMMY WHITE!” (SFA3)
Most of the men in the audience went wild as Cammy emerged from the curtain and made her way down to the ring. The perverts making the most obnoxious calls at Cammy were quickly silenced by the rest of Cammy’s team, whom were scattered around the stands.
“Canon Spike!” Cammy shouted, launching herself into the air with a flying kick and sending herself into the ring.
Cammy saw Chun-Li and rushed over to help her with Kirby. “What IS that thing, Chun-Li? And why does it look sort of like you?” She asked.
“It’s a mimic, Cammy.” Chun-Li replied.
“Speening Bird Keeck!” Kirby shouted with glee as he turned upside down and did a chibi version of Chun-Li’s helicopter kick.
“I see what you mean…” Cammy noted as she blocked against the attack. “Any ideas on how we’re supposed to beat it?”
“We’ll think of something. Just keep attacking it.”
“RYOUKYSLER!” (TFS)
RyouKysler emerged from behind the curtain, brandishing his double swords. His dark robes nearly touching the ground, the redheaded fighter clenched his fist, ignited his hand in a magma claw.
“I was hoping for a later draw, but it looks like I’ll have to make the most of it.” RyouKysler said to himself as a smirk formed on his face. Leaping into the arena, he rushed at Sodom and slashed both of his swords, sending a flaming X at the American shogun.
“Oh, crap!” Sodom said as he held up his sai and blocked the blow, the force from the attack forcing him backwards a couple of steps.
RyouKysler saw this and smirked. “This could be interesting.”
“CHRIS!” (KOF)
Playing a beat in his head, Chris snapped his fingers a couple of times before walking down to the ring casually. The young-looking boy jumped into the ring and landed gracefully.
Chris took two steps before Hol Horse screeched to a halt. The cowardly cowboy ripped the cigarette from his mouth and shoved it into Chris’ hand. He then looked back at the psychotic demon chef chasing him.
“Look! Look! This kid’s got the cigarette now!” Hol Horse accused.
“You GAVE it to me.” Chris said as he threw the cigarette on the canvas and stomped on it, extinguishing it.
Hell’s Chef narrowed his eyes and Hol Horse. “You gave a cigarette to a minor? They have such undeveloped taste buds!” He shouted.
Hol Horse quickly looked at Chris. “Help me!” He pleaded.
“You’re on you own, shmuck.” Chris replied as he casually walked off, leaving Hol Horse to continue running from Hell’s Chef. He may have been the host for Orochi, but he wasn’t stupid.
“BRAD BURNS!” (VF)
Playing to the crowd and waving to a few of the ladies in the audience, the dark-haired kickboxer made his way down to the ring and stepped in, looking around for a fight.
Brad made his way over to Cammy and kissed her hand. “My. You’re quite the catch.” He noted. “Why are you in such a tournament when it could damage your perfect beauty?”
Cammy looked at Chun-Li. “Can I kill him?” She asked.
“Go ahead.” Chun-Li replied.
“AXL!” (MM)
“Alright! Let’s do this!” The young Reploid shouted in enthusiasm as he ran down to the ring, pistols in hand. Leaping into the ring, Axl opened fire on Tam Tam and Stun, striking both of them several times with the non-lethal ammunition given to him.
“That hurt Tam Tam!” The savage man shouted as he lifted his sword into the air. “You pay!”
The shots were powerful enough to revert Stun back to his normal form, which still only looked half-human. Stun let out a growl and rushed at Axl.
“You two don’t know what you’re getting into.” Axl said as he performed a transformation, turning himself into a carbon copy of Tam Tam, sword and all.
“DUCK KING!” (FF)
(Went to a party the other night…)
(All the ladies were treating me right…)
(Moving my feet to the disco beat…)
(How in the world could I keep my seat?)
Duck King, with his little duck P-Chan, danced down to the ring to Disco Duck. The audience cheered at Duck’s dancing skills, which he finished off with a somersault over the ropes to land in the ring.
(All of a sudden, I begin to change…)
(I was on the dance floor acting strange…)
(Flapping my arms, I begin to cluck…)
(Look at me! I’m the Disco Duck!)
“You ready for another run, P-Chan?” Duck asked his little yellow friend. P-Chan nodded and gave an excited cheep in response. “Okay! Let’s go!”
Leon Powalski saw Duck running over and looked the unusual fighter over. “What in the world?” He asked.
“Let’s rock!” Duck shouted as he rolled at Leon, barreling over the surprised chameleon.
“And now, the final fighter of this section…”
“GEDDOE!” (S3)
Geddoe’s cheer was the loudest by far when it came to the Suikoden gang. The one-eyed mercenary made a quick scan of the ring as he charged his True Lightning Rune. Pulling out his sword, Geddoe stepped into the ring.
“Ah! Another fighter worthy of being a freedom fighter!” Kim Kaphwan noted. “Come! Let’s go recruit him!”
“Don’t try it unless you want a black eye.” Fred Maximillion warned.
K’ saw Geddoe come in and smirked. “This could be fun.” He said as he walked over, creating a flame in his hand. “You up for a battle of fire vs. lightning?”
Geddoe looked K’ over for a bit, then shrugged. “Might as well. I don’t have anything better to do.” He said.
“You won’t be disappointed.” K’ replied as he swung his hand.
